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A. B. ROSEBOOM. TOY. APPLICATION FILED DEC 29, [920.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed December 29, 1920. Serial No. 433,795).

To all whom it may concern Be it known that T, ALFRED B. Rosnnoonr, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, a citizen of the United States. have invented new and useful Toy, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new, simple and iricxpensive toy. It is a further object of my invention to provide a device of this class so designed as to represent, when in action, aerialpertormers. It is a further object of my invention to provide a device of this class having figures pivotally and slidably mounted thereon in such a manner so that when'one of the figures is thrown upwardly it is automatically caught and held by the hands of the other figure.

The above and other features of novelty, advantages and capabilities will become apparent from the detailed description of the accompanying drawings, in which I have illustrated one embodiment of my invention, but the construction there shown is to be understood as illustrative only, and not as defining the limits of my invention.

Figure 1 is perspective view of a device embodying one form of my invention and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. showing the slidably mounted figure held in its uppermost position by the hands of the pivotally mounted figure.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the

base 11.0, which may be of any desired formation, has detachably secured thereto a standard 11, which standard at its lower end screw threaded into a screw threaded opening in the base 10. The standard at its upper end is provided with a right angle downwardly bent arm 12, which arm at its lower end is provided with a plurality of openings as best shown in Fig. 2. Surrounding the standard 11 and resting on the base 10 is a compression spring 13. t lidably mounted on the standard 11 and normally resting on the spring 13 is a spring actuated figure i l, which figure is designed to represent an aerial performer having the same design on both sides, and is stamped from a single piece of thin sheet metal with the metal at the back near the neck and the head cut away as at 15, with the back of the head and body formed in tegrally with the sides. The outstretched hands 01 the figure 1 L are'connected together by means of asmall rod 16 as best shown in Fig. 1. Pivotally mounted on the arm 12. in the openings as shown is a second figure l7 designed-to represent a clown performer, which figure is likewise stamped from a single piece of sheetmetal, having both sides identically alike and connected together by means of the integral strip 18, which figure when mounted is normally in a horizontal position with outstretched legs l9 and arms20. In operating the device one pulls orpresses downwardly on the figure 1st,. releasing it quickly, asa result of which the spring actuated means throws it upwardly on the standard 11 the head 31 striking the legs 19 of the pivotally mounted figure 17 with suificient force to throw such figure into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, bringing the arms 20 of such figure downwardly and inwardly into the path of the rod 16 on the figure lei, whereby said lower figure on its descending movement is automatically grasped by the hands of the upper figure and held in raised position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 until it is released by pressing slightly upwardly on the lower figure, or rather by raising the lower figure sufiiciently to allow the upper figure to swing just enough to throw the hands 20 out of the path of the descending rod 16. The greatest weight of the upper figure is to the right, in order to quickly swing the hands of the upper figure out of the path of the rod 16. To prevent the upper figure from swinging too far to the right and thus hold it in position for proper reoperation when.

the lower figure is again shot into contact with the legs 19, the upper figure is mounted in such a manner as to cause the strip 17 as best shown in Fig. 2 to contact with the arm 12 and thus limit the downwardly swinging movement of the legs 19. The upper figure can be adjusted to ditierent positions by inserting the slidable pivot pin 21 in any one of the different openings in the arm 12.

From this it will be seen that I have provided not only a simple, inexpensive, interesting and amusing toy for the children, but also one which is additionally useful from a mechanical and educational standpoint. It will further be seen that all the parts are detachable, and that it can be easily and quickly knocked down for shipment and readily set up for display or use.

Having thus described my invention What I claim is 1. In the combination of atoy, a base, a standard, a figure designed to represent an aerial performer, slidably mounted on said standard, a second figure likewise designed to represent an aerial performer pivotally mounted. on said standard near the upper end, means for shooting said first figure upwardly into contact with the pivotally mounted figure and means on said second figuredesigned to automatically grasp said second figure and hold it in raised position until released.

2. In a toy the combination of a standard, a spring, a figure slidably -mounted on said standard and adapted to be shot upwardly by said spring, a second figure pivotally mounted near the upper end of said standard, and provided with means to automatically grasp and hold in raised positionsaid first figure when said figure is shot into contact with said pivotally mounted figure.

3. In a toy the combination of a base, a standard detachably secured to said base, a

compression spring surrounding said stand-' ard and normally resting on said base, a figure slidably mounted on said standard and normally resting on said spring, said figure having outstretchedarms connected together by means of a rod or the like, an inwardly and downwardly extending arm on said standard provided with an opening,

a second figure having outstretched hands and legs pivotally mounted on said arm and means for limiting the downwardly swinging movement oitlie legs of thepivoted figure the said )ivotedfi ure bein so mounted 

